I only wish my existing Season Passes had been downloaded so I didn't have to re-enter them all again. Maybe that was possible and I just didn't do enough research.

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You could pop the cover and reconnect the original drive long enough to back up the SPs to your computer with kmttg. When you use kmttg to restore them to the new drive it even keeps the correct order.

You could pop the cover and reconnect the original drive long enough to back up the SPs to your computer with kmttg. When you use kmttg to restore them to the new drive it even keeps the correct order.

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That's exactly what I ended up doing. I just put a magazine over the installed drive so I had a nonconductive surface to place the original drive. There was just enough slack in the SATA cabling to make it work...

Public service announcement for future upgraders - don't forget to back up your season passes with kmttg before swapping drives!

I must be missing something. I got an e-mail from TiVo today. $349 for the Plus and $499 for the Pro. That's a delta of $150. That's not much more than buying the 3TB drive. So why would I upgrade instead of just buying the Pro?

I must be missing something. I got an e-mail from TiVo today. $349 for the Plus and $499 for the Pro. That's a delta of $150. That's not much more than buying the 3TB drive. So why would I upgrade instead of just buying the Pro?

I must be missing something. I got an e-mail from TiVo today. $349 for the Plus and $499 for the Pro. That's a delta of $150. That's not much more than buying the 3TB drive. So why would I upgrade instead of just buying the Pro?

Actually, I verified this morning that while the case screw is T10, and so are the three that hold the drive brackets to the case, the screws holding the brackets to the drive are T15, but can be easily done with a T10 that has no wear-down. I noticed they felt a bit looser, so I grabbed a T15 and it was snug (as in any more snug and that T15 bit would've needed some persuading to fit).

This was the base Roamio, but I figure all that will be different with the Plus/Pro is four screws to mount the drive brackets to the case, as opposed to three (educated guess).

YMMV, and I'd use the right tool for the job, if you have it. Some will say if you don't have the right tool, then go get it (which is my usual position).